Jeffrey G.
Business Innovation And Creativity Coach
Professional Value
Jeffrey helps corporate clients solve problems and seize opportunities through innovation and creative thinking. Working in training, coaching and speaking capacities, he imparts the skills of creative problem-solving and high-performance teamwork. His practical approach helps teams move beyond conventional thinking to achieve desired business outcomes.
Selected Clients
Executive Profile
Jeffrey helps corporate clients achieve desired outcomes through innovation and creative problem solving. In addition to working on specific business problems and opportunities, he works with many clients in a training, coaching, or speaking capacity, imparting the skills of creative thinking and high performance teamwork.
Jeff developed and refined his capabilities in this area as a former principal at Synectics, Inc., an international consulting firm recognised as the pioneer in the field of business innovation. Since 1990, he has worked with client teams from many industries inventing new technologies, re-designing manufacturing operations, creating new product and marketing concepts, identifying fresh applications for existing technologies, naming new products and businesses, and planning strategies for the future. He has also designed highly successful management conferences which feature exciting, creative approaches for addressing difficult corporate issues.
Jeff bases his practice on two core beliefs: (1) that his clients - and not any outside consultant - are the real experts in their businesses, and (2) that everyone has creative potential. He therefore concentrates on designing processes which maximise the impact of his clients' knowledge and talent in tackling the challenges they face. This approach has enabled him to work effectively in a wide range of business sectors, including manufacturing, high tech, food service, telecommunications, journalism, scientific research, and financial services. In addition, he has taught hundreds of work teams the principles of innovative problem solving and teamwork.
Jeff is a graduate of the University of Rochester, and holds graduate degrees in psychology from Northeastern and Boston Universities. He enjoys camping, cycling, hiking and kayaking - all the things you can't do sitting in your office. He is on the board of the Institute of Management Consultants, New England Chapter, and past president of his local Toastmasters International club, where he holds an Advanced Toastmasters certificate. He is a founding member of the Alliance for Professional Excellence. His business innovation and creativity articles have appeared in Innovative Leader, Decision Magazine (Ireland), Boston Business Journal, Executive Excellence, CIO, It's About Business, Mass High Tech and the Handbook of Business Strategy.
Some of Jeff's clients include:
- American Hospital Assn.
- American Medical Assn.
- Available Plastics, Inc.
- BP Amoco Polymers
- The Coca-Cola Co.
- Delta Dental
- Dresdner Bank AG
- Helene Curtis
- National Research Council (Canada)
- Pacific Bell
- Pearson Education
- Pulitzer Publishing Co.
- Siemens AG
- Starbucks Coffee Co.
- Union Carbide
Core Competencies
Meetings, Meeting Planning
Jeffrey designs and facilitates large company meetings and conferences that inspire creative thinking and innovative solutions to company challenges, ensuring full participation by all attendees.
He creates an environment where diverse thinkers can interact and generate new ideas, resulting in a higher return on investment for the company.
Strategic Planning
Jeffrey facilitates a strategic planning process with top management to envision the future and develop strategic initiatives for success.
He combines logical and analytical thinking with imaginative and visionary approaches, enabling management teams to think beyond current realities and create a roadmap for change.
Team Building
Jeffrey accomplishes team building by working with teams to find innovative solutions to actual business challenges.
He uses real, business-related tasks that require creative thinking and collaboration, leading to tangible benefits and reinforcing new team skills that are repeated back at work.